Fox Lake, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Fox Lake, IL Summary

Crime in Fox Lake research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Fox Lake over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Fox Lake:

  • There were 209 total crimes committed in Fox Lake in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,944.4 total crimes per 100K people in Fox Lake.
  • The overall crime rate in Fox Lake is -8.25% below the national average.
  • Fox Lake ranks #420 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Fox Lake ranks #7,097 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Fox Lake Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Fox Lake is 1,944.4 per 100,000 people. That's -8.25% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -2.99% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Fox Lake
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 209 1,944.4 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 3 27.9 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 19 176.8 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 27 251.2 289.2 359.0
Burglary 36 334.9 290.5 229.0
Larceny 130 1,209.4 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 16 148.9 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 182 1,693.2 1,715.2 1,760.0

Fox Lake Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Fox Lake

27
Violent Crimes
251.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-30.03%
Below The National Average
  • There were 27 violent crimes in Fox Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Fox Lake is 251.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 398.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Fox Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -30.03% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -13.14% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Fox Lake

182
Property Crimes
1,693.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-3.80%
Below The National Average
  • There were 182 property crimes in Fox Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Fox Lake is 1,693.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 59.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Fox Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -3.80% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -1.28% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Fox Lake

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Mundelein, IL 31,876 246 771.7 724.7 47.1
Gurnee, IL 30,041 724 2,410.0 2,243.6 166.4
Vernon Hills, IL 26,629 406 1,524.7 1,464.6 60.1
Libertyville, IL 20,257 125 617.1 533.1 83.9
Lake Zurich, IL 19,650 250 1,272.3 1,211.2 61.1
Lindenhurst, IL 14,327 27 188.5 153.6 34.9
Hawthorn Woods, IL 9,470 13 137.3 137.3 0.0
Lake Villa, IL 8,592 52 605.2 488.8 116.4
Johnsburg, IL 6,395 61 953.9 860.0 93.8
Spring Grove, IL 5,523 23 416.4 398.3 18.1

Fox Lake SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
7
Diversity
6
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
3
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